Mushkin PC3200 Special Edition Memory Review

How do the old but not forgotten Winbond BH-6 chips stand up against the competition? Thanks to the Mushkin PC3200 Special Series we were able to find out. Want to know how it feels to put all the memory options in your BIOS to the most aggressive setting? Read on then!

Intro

Memory memory on the wall, who’s the fastest of them all?

Today we take a quick look at one of the famous Mushkin “Special” series sticks. Although they are no longer available from your local retailer, you might encounter enthusiasts selling them off at Ebay or your local forum.

The Mushkin “Special” series is based on the now extinct Winbond BH-6 memory chip, they offer extremely low timings, when booting up with SPD set they’ll select CL2 2-2-5 by default!

But are low timings really “the end”? They offer an increase in performance, or so I’m told, so let’s see how they match up against some more recent Corsair XMS PC3200LL Pro.